All this day's I have been reserving my comments hoping that Jammeh will revisit his decision of annulling the December election results, but still to the disappointment of all patriotic Gambians, his party militants are still going around convincing Gambians and beyond of the fact that they are still the biggest party in the country.
No problem, they have the right to do so. But looking at it in an other way around one will realise that the most important thing to talk about now is how to convince Jammeh to step down for good and avoid dragging the country into a civil war. Big Questions Gambians should ask themselves are as follows: The Key Date January 18, 2017 will be the key date in the Gambia. That is the date Jammeh’s mandate officially ends.
The opposition is planning to inaugurate President-elect Adama Barrow as the new president of the Gambia, and West African leaders have vowed to attend his inauguration. Will Jammeh allow Barrow to be sworn in as the new president of the Gambia? Will he allow other West African leaders landing rights to attend Barrow’s inauguration? Will Senegal and West Africa intervene to forcefully remove Jammeh?
These are critical questions that will determine the future of the Gambia come January 18, 2017. The Way Forward Since independence in 1965, apart from the 1981 Coup, The Gambia has been a quiet and peaceful oasis in a tumultuous region—a fact that many of the nation’s two million people have guarded jealously.
With this political impasse, the country risks sliding into an all-out conflict. The defeated president Jammeh must hand over power to the elected president as he initially promised before the inauguration day in January.
Anything short of that will be devastating for the Gambia.
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